"Empress Xu, do you know that the disease is not very serious at first, and it will not pass on the disease to others at this time, but later, as the disease gets worse and worse, it will gradually be infected. At first, the people in our town didn't notice, but then more and more people got sick, and gradually we found out. Xiaocao continued.

What she didn't tell Xu Zhaohua was that before she found out, this town was hell on earth, and the townspeople didn't know the development of this disease, so everything others saw was wrong, like if they were sick, they were all buried alive, indiscriminately. Therefore, among those who were buried alive, there were those who were really sick, there were those who were not sick at all, and there were babies who were just a few days old, and they were thrown down! There are also old mothers who have been sick in bed for many years, throw them down! Throw it down, throw it down, throw it all down, as if the town would be safe if you threw it down like this.

"I see." Xu Zhaohua suddenly realized.

"Queen Xu, you don't know that there are people like me in the wing room on the second floor, half dead, half of their bodies have entered the loess."

Xu Zhaohua looked at the surrounding walls, no wonder there was no one coming out every day, it turned out that there were very sick patients here, Xu Zhaohua sighed. But why did that white-haired old doctor arrange Sui Feng here? Isn't this obviously for Sui Feng and their group to also get sick?

The more she thought about it, the more strange she felt, something was so wrong.

Looking at Xiaocao lying on the bed, Xu Zhaohua still asked: "Xiaocao, were your parents the first to be infected with this disease, and then passed on to you and Xiaoye?" ”

Xiaocao's hand grabbed the quilt and nodded, her illness with Ono was indeed related to her father's mother, which she had always been reluctant to admit, and sometimes she often wondered if the illness of the people in the entire town was related to their family.

"Then do you know why the white-bearded old man in this medicine hall wants to send that jar to your family, the jar next to the yard field." Xu Zhaohua asked.

Xiaocao thought for a while and said: "It is indeed sent by Grandpa Hua, not only our family, but almost every household in our town has this jar, Grandpa Hua said that this is of great help to the growth of grass." ”

Xu Zhaohua was shocked in his heart, every household in a town has this jar: "Xiaocao, do you know what is different about that jar?" Like, the strange taste? ”

"There's a potion in that jar, and it's not strange to ask." Xiaocao replied.

Xu Zhaohua thought in his heart, Xiaocao seemed to trust the white-bearded old man very much, maybe it was not only her, it was very likely that the people in this town respected this old man very much, but obviously their illness had a lot to do with that strange jar.

"Xiaocao, have you ever smelled a strange smell on your body, not just you, but everyone here, the mild illness is not easy to smell, and the aggravated illness is like... The taste is evident at your level, and this jar is very similar to the smell on you. ”

Xiaocao sat on the bed in a daze, she got up and wanted to say something but didn't know what to say, her lips moved and she didn't make a sound.

"No, Grandpa Hua, Grandpa Hua, he treats us for free every day, no, ......" Xiaocao said these words repeatedly.

Xu Zhaohua sighed, it is true that this news is too sudden for her, Xiaocao asked herself left and right and shook her head, Xu Zhaohua knew that she might not be able to ask about the smell of her body at all, she has been in an environment for a long time, and naturally she has no feeling for the side.

"It's not early, Xiaocao, you can rest first, and we'll take care of the rest." After speaking, Xu Zhaohua went out and closed the door gently.

Then she looked at the moon in the sky and thought: if the old man with the white beard was trying to harm the people of this town, what was his motive? But the strange thing is that, as Xiaocao said, why did this old man finally give them free treatment in this medicine hall, and also isolate the seriously ill people to prevent more people from getting sick? Isn't he contradicting himself in doing so?

Xu Zhaohua stood quietly in the corridor like this, sleepless all night.

It wasn't until the first rays of gold on the horizon scattered on the ground, and the snow glowed with golden light, Xu Zhaohua moved her body, and she was about to go back to the house when the sound of going up the stairs sounded.

Who will it be so early?

The white hair that I saw first came into view, which solved Xu Zhaohua's question, the white-bearded old man, no, to be precise, Grandpa Hua is here. Obviously, Grandpa Hua didn't expect Xu Zhaohua to get up so early and stand outside, he didn't know that Xu Zhaohua hadn't slept all night.

"Is the girl waiting for someone so early?"

"Wait for Grandpa Flower."

Grandpa Hua didn't expect Xu Zhaohua to know what his name was, but after thinking about it, there were so many townspeople on weekdays, if she wanted to know that it was not an easy matter, now it seems that she may have asked others about him.

"Wait for me? What are you waiting for, old man, this bad old man?" Grandpa Hua asked.

Xu Zhaohua did not answer his question directly: "Why did Xiaocao come up?" ”

"Little grass." Grandpa Hua glanced at the house behind Xu Zhaohua: "Her illness has worsened and she needs to recuperate." ”

"Did you know that these diseases are contagious in later stages? As far as I know, you know, right? Xu Zhaohua squinted and asked.

Grandpa Hua nodded and did not deny it, which made Xu Zhaohua a little surprised, she originally thought that Grandpa Hua would definitely quibble for a few rounds, but she didn't expect him to admit it so easily.

"Then why did you put Sui Feng in such a place? Are you trying to get sick for all of us? Xu Zhaohua asked sharply, there are all the people she cares about, if someone plots against them, she will definitely not let them go.

In her previous life, she had been designed by others, and the people who loved her had left her, and in this life she would never allow the people she cared about to be hurt a little.

"You're not going to get sick?" The old man said naturally.

Xu Zhaohua frowned and looked at the white-bearded old man with a natural demeanor: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"You have the blood of the Gu King, how can you be infected by this small Gu poison?"

Xu Zhaohua's pupils shrank, his brows stretched at this moment, his brows were also relaxed, his mouth opened slightly, and he slowly approached the white-bearded old man: "How do you know about the blood of the Gu King?" ”

As far as she knew, Sui Chen and his party already knew about this matter, and the rest of the people who knew were out of Sui Feng and herself, could it be that this old man really had something to do with Sui Feng and them?

Xu Zhaohua quickened his pace and walked in front of the old man, grabbed the collar of the white-bearded old man: "I respect you as an elder, don't be too aggressive, say!" What is your relationship with Sui Chen? ”

The white-bearded old man didn't see a panicked look, but let her hold it so quietly without moving, Xu Zhaohua immediately felt that this old man must not be an ordinary person, either a great evil or a great good.

"The old man has nothing to do with Sui Chen, the girl doesn't have to be like this."

Xu Zhaohua gradually let go of the hand that was holding Grandpa Hua, and just after letting go, his eyes turned and he thought for a while, and immediately grabbed his collar again: "No, you know Sui Chen, just now I asked you if you are in the same group as Sui Chen and Sui Chen, you didn't ask who Sui Chen was but directly denied it, even if Sui Chen is the prince of the big end known to the world, but when I asked like this, it can't be your reaction, do you know Sui Chen?" ”

Grandpa Hua closed his eyes and let out a long breath, it turned out that he thought that this woman was just a little maid of Sui Feng, and then she asked him some things At that time, he noticed that this woman was extraordinary between his eyebrows, and he didn't think much about it at that time, but now it seems that this person in front of him is indeed a ruthless character, far more powerful than he has seen before.

"Indeed, I not only know Sui Chen as a person, but also have contact with him." Grandpa Hua, who was grabbed by Xu Zhaohua's neckline, did not add in a panic.

Then Grandpa Hua looked downstairs again, turned around and looked around the wing room behind them: "I'm trying my best to save them now."

Slowly, when the hand on the neckline was released, Grandpa Hua tidied up his outfit and walked to a side room behind him, and when he arrived at the door, he beckoned to Xu Zhaohua, Xu Zhaohua hesitated for a moment and followed him.

At this time, the light of the sun has been pulled up from the ground, and it has stretched out its tens of thousands of tentacles to various places, and after entering that room, Xu Zhaohua followed Grandpa Hua not far behind, but there was still a trace of vigilance in his heart. At this time, there was a person lying on the bed, his face covered all his life, and his body appeared in front of Xu Zhaohua's eyes in an extremely distorted form, and it was conceivable that the person should be very painful before falling asleep.

Grandpa Hua walked to the bed and lifted a corner of the quilt and turned the head of the person on the bed, Xu Zhaohua saw clearly that it was an old woman on the bed, Grandpa Hua opened her eyes and looked at it and asked something, the patient's body was weak and his voice was a little low, plus Xu Zhaohua was standing at the door at the moment at a distance in front of the door, so he didn't know what Grandpa Hua asked, only to see the old woman shook her head.

Then Grandpa Hua walked to another wing, and Xu Zhaohua followed him unhurriedly as usual. Stepping out of one room and stepping into another, in a short time all the surrounding chambers were passed, and in each room were indeed some people whose lives were in danger, dragging their fragile shells to fight against something intangible. All that was left was the room behind them where the grass was placed and the room where Sui Feng lived.

For a long time, the two of them didn't speak and just looked at the crowd downstairs quietly, and Grandpa Hua sighed again, which blew his beard a little.

Grandpa Hua walked into the room where Xiaocao was, and as soon as he walked to the door, the strange smell came to his nose, Xu Zhaohua realized that Xiaocao's condition was much worse than the people he saw just now, Grandpa Hua walked in front of Xiaocao and shook his head, at this time Xiaocao slept on the bed and did not notice their arrival, Grandpa Hua shook his head and turned around and walked towards the door.

Xu Zhaohua retreated to the door first, and when Grandpa Hua came out of the inside, he beckoned to Xu Zhaohua and motioned for her to follow him, and the two walked down the attic to the pharmacy together, there was no one in the vicinity, the patients around were in the front hall, some people were still sleeping, even if they were awake, they didn't bother to care about things here, so no one noticed the situation here.

"Grandpa Hua, isn't the grass sick very seriously?" Xu Zhaohua frowned and looked at Grandpa Hua worriedly, seeing his actions just now, it didn't seem to be any ill intentions towards those patients, Xu Zhaohua felt that he might have wronged Grandpa Hua.

The white-bearded old man was a little surprised when he heard Xu Zhaohua call himself this: "You have seen Xiaocao's disease, she is much more serious than others." ”

The light in Xu Zhaohua's eyes moved: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Grandpa Hua got up behind his hand, the air was very quiet, and only the white breath exhaled because of the cold could be seen, and through Xu Zhaohua, he heard a burst of gurgling sounds, as if the water was boiling.

She turned her head to look over, and sure enough, in the corner, she saw a row of medicine jars being boiled on a stove, and now it should be boiling water, it seems that Grandpa Hua has already prepared these medicines.

"Is this from above?" Saying that, Xu Zhaohua glanced at the attic, and at this time Zhou Sheng Cuobai had woken up, probably finding that she was no longer in the house, so he was now anxiously looking around in the fence of the corridor to find her figure.

Grandpa Hua looked at Xu Zhaohua with a smile and wanted to see her next move, whether to go out and wait for the next opportunity or to be here, obviously Xu Zhaohua didn't have the slightest interest in going out, but looked around and saw the two chairs next to the pharmacy medicine cabinet, and slowly walked straight over and sat on the chair on the right and cocked his legs, looking very leisurely.

Grandpa Hua's originally smiling face stiffened, and then the corners of his mouth grinned, and he smiled even more happily, he really didn't see the wrong person, this woman can have such concentration and integrity, she must not be an ordinary person.

"The girl seems to be asking if she can't get clear today, so she won't leave?" The white-bearded old man said with a smile.

Xu Zhaohua also replied with a smile: "That's natural, since I followed Grandpa Hua to this pharmacy, I don't know something, and I don't know anything, how can I be embarrassed to leave." ”

Grandpa Hua also came over and sat on the chair next to Xu Zhaohua, he gently leaned back in the chair and cleared his throat, but did not speak, but looked outside, at this time the sky was already bright, and the winter sun became a little dazzling, it seems that today is a sunny and good weather.

"It's winter so soon." Grandpa Hua came inexplicably.

"These things still happened in the spring, and it's been almost a year, and time is really unforgiving." Grandpa Hua continued to talk to himself, as if he was chatting normally and as if he was telling a story from a long time ago, Grandpa Hua said that these things probably also refer to the illness of the townspeople, Xu Zhaohua did not interrupt him, and he looked out along the window, yes, it has been another year so soon.

"At that time, I lived in this town, the townspeople of this town are living on the grass eaten by pig-like cattle and horses, etc., and my life is very ordinary, but also happy, I am the only doctor in this town, and the people in the town will come to me for treatment if they have any diseases on weekdays, by the way, this was not a medicine hall before, just an inn, for people who come and go to rest their feet, my small pharmacy is open in a corner of the town, and it is quiet. Later, more and more people got sick, and even the innkeeper died, and my small pharmacy couldn't accommodate so many patients for a while, so I had no choice but to move the pharmacy here. ”

Xu Zhaohua pondered, no wonder he felt that this medicine hall was not like a place for people to see a doctor, but more like a post station, it turned out to be like this: "How did those townspeople get sick, what was in that jar, what was in that jar, why did it smell strange?" ”

Grandpa Hua shook his head and said, "Please blame me for this matter, blame me!" After saying that, he hid his face and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, pointed to the grass placed next to the fire, and said, "This is the grass that the townspeople use to make a living, and all this happens around it. ”

It was a hot summer day, and the cicadas outside were so loud that it was annoying, and it hadn't rained for many days, and many people in the town had fire, and they often came to me to get medicine. Over time, I often hear people complain that this year's harvest is not good, so the family's livelihood has become a problem.

Grandpa Hua is also worried, there are many herbs that are no longer available because of the drought, and the Eastern Qi and Daduan soldiers have met, and they have not bothered to take care of the livelihood of the people of Li, but they have recruited troops and horses to forcibly take away all the men who can run and jump in various names as strong men, so that there are no people who work in the world, and they will not be able to live anymore.

Then one night, there was a sudden knock on my door, and when it was opened, it was a man with a veil, because he was unknown and he did not say a word, so I immediately tried to close the door, but the man's arm immediately got stuck in the door frame.

"Hualinghuo, long time no see."

I was shocked when he opened his mouth, no one here knew my true identity, how did he know my name?

"You are?" I asked, but my hand was still on the door frame and didn't let him in.

The man lifted his veil, and I saw his face, it was Sui Chen.

"I'll show you my new potion of witchcraft, what do you think of it?" He threw over a medicine jar, and I sniffed a strange and familiar smell.

"What is this?"

"Aren't you worried that there is no way for the crops to survive in the drought here? Now that I've researched this witch potion, you can let the villagers try it, and if it works, my people will be able to survive this natural disaster safely this year soon? If it doesn't work, I'll tell me which step went wrong after you have studied it, and I'm afraid you're the only one in the world who has this ability. He smiled wickedly and left.

After that, I looked at the medicine bottle in my hand and tried it on a dry plant, and sure enough, soon the plant came to life, at that time I was very happy, the medicine primer of this witch medicine is very rare, the legend says that only the extinct Huo Yanhua can use witchcraft to make this potion, I have been looking for many years and have not found it, so it seems that Huo Yanhua should be in the palace of Daduan, no wonder I have been looking for no result.

But when did Sui Chen begin to study witchcraft? Why does he want to study witchcraft, a prince with power and wealth and status has no need for this. Unless...... Unless he wants more than that.

I think it's time to give this potion to everyone so that the crops can survive. So he used the potion given by Sui Chen overnight to develop many of these potions for the mother medicine, and put them all in the jar where he stored the pounded herbs, and prepared them to give to the townspeople the next day.

The next day, Xiaocao's father came to me with mouth sores to buy a few packets of herbs, and I told him that I had developed a way to deal with the drought, and asked him to tell the people in the town to come to me to marry the jar, and Xiaocao's father took a jar by himself after seeing the illness and left, promising me to complete my instructions.

But then I waited for many days and no one came to me to get the jars, and it was not until the fifth day that people came one after another, and I asked them why they were so late, and they told me that they had just received the news that they were coming here to get the jars. Immediately, I understood that it must be Xiaocao's father who deliberately got it himself in order to tidy up his crops one step ahead of others, and then told others. That's it, people, sometimes that's it, no one is wrong.

At the beginning, everyone was happy when the crops were rescued, and I was very happy, but at that time we didn't know that the disaster was quietly coming, and a few months later, Xiaocao's father fell ill, which was not a big deal, but within a few days, Xiaocao's mother also fell ill, and then Xiaocao and Xiaocao's younger brother Xiaoye.

Later, all the people in the village got this disease, and the townspeople and I didn't know what the reason was, until I smelled a smell in those who were terminally ill, that is, the smell of the witch medicine that Sui Chen gave me, terrifying and familiar, but I didn't have the courage to tell the townspeople that this illness was caused by me, so I could only watch them bury the living people in the soil without saying a word.

......

Xu Zhaohua felt a lot of emotion in her heart after hearing this, she knew what happened later, but she was curious about Grandpa Hua's identity, why did Sui Chen come to him specifically to identify witch medicine? How could he be sure that the old man who practiced medicine in the countryside knew this?

Suddenly, Xu Zhaohua remembered, Grandpa Hua called himself Hualing Huo, Hualing Huo...... Ridge Fire Domain......

Could it be that Grandpa Hua has anything to do with the Ridge Fire Domain? Legend has it that all the women in the Ridge Fire Domain are women, and the ones who learn witchcraft are also the daughter's family, and I haven't heard that men can enter there, let alone learn witchcraft.

"Could it be that you are the previous generation of domain kings in the Linghuo Domain?" Xu Zhaohua asked.

Grandpa Hua was stunned, he didn't expect Xu Zhaohua to react so quickly, he actually guessed his identity, and he didn't think much of what she had done before, and sooner or later she would know about this matter, so he nodded: "That's right, it's also in Xiahualinghuo." ”

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